Kind of glad this didn't happen.Paul would have shown up, taken the entire thing over, hired in-laws to manage, re-recorded Jimi's parts after Jimi left, then forced them to never play again.Just like he did with Wings.

AverageAmericanGuy:The telegram came at a time when the Beatles were falling apart due to business and artistic conflicts that likely would have been exacerbated by McCartney appearing on a record with Hendrix and Davis

Would have been a good fit. Paul was the experimental one in The Beatles. Everyone think it was John, but while John was home with Cynthia, trying to live a suburban life, Paul was out on the town, going to plays, art galleries, gigs and all sorts of media events, getting exposed to all kinds of influences and ideas. He was the one who brought the weird to The Beatles, at least until John left Cynthia and they all started doing drugs.

So Paul would've been very keen to just go with it with Miles and Jimi.

Don't get me wrong, he's no Les Claypool, or Tony Levin, but he writes a mean bassline.

Yup. He was a big influence when I was a kid learning the bass and keys. Lennon was IMO the opinion clearly the better, smarter songwriter, but McCartney was by all measures a far superior musician. I'll go one further and claim that Lennon basically sucked as a guitarist/pianist. And dammit, George should have had more slide guitar solos.

I love how Paul is so much more respected by accomplished musicians than by the Fark comments section. Please, keep telling me about how you know more about it than Jimi and Miles do... after all, they're the ones who sent the invite.

Jimi and Miles probably thought Paul would be a perfect addition to a superstar group. They wanted a solid bass player that wouldn't fark up what they were thinking of doing, and someone who could run with it and add a great melodic sense. Miles wanted big-time commercial success back then, and he loves a good pop tune. It was probably his idea to get McCartney to round out the supergroup.

AdolfOliverPanties:Would have been a good fit. Paul was the experimental one in The Beatles. Everyone think it was John, but while John was home with Cynthia, trying to live a suburban life, Paul was out on the town, going to plays, art galleries, gigs and all sorts of media events, getting exposed to all kinds of influences and ideas. He was the one who brought the weird to The Beatles, at least until John left Cynthia and they all started doing drugs.

So Paul would've been very keen to just go with it with Miles and Jimi.

This. Paul knew Yoko before John. Sadly, he did not pummel her with his Hofner.

Christian Bale:Jimi and Miles probably thought Paul would be a perfect addition to a superstar group. They wanted a solid bass player that wouldn't fark up what they were thinking of doing, and someone who could run with it and add a great melodic sense. Miles wanted big-time commercial success back then, and he loves a good pop tune. It was probably his idea to get McCartney to round out the supergroup.

That actually does make sense, though I still think Jack Bruce would have been a better fit. Maybe it has to do with having Hendrix, with all of his blues influence, then on the other end you've got Miles Davis, and Jack Bruce already had tons of experience in both worlds. Just seems to fit. Obviously they thought otherwise, and that's great, just too bad it didn't happen.

The Word from Rubber Soul changed the way the bass was played in rock and roll, IMO. Other genres had bass up front (Jazz and blues in particular) but rock and roll had mostly simple bass lines before that. I'm sure there are other examples and earlier, but that was the one I've always associated with the change.

As far as Hendrix, Miles and Paul; it probably would have been fun for them but most likely nothing of any real worth would have come out of it. I believe there are tons of Miles/Hendrix boots (as well as some with Larry Young, parts of which ended up on Nine To The Universe) as Hendrix was pushing his boundaries and exploring a lot of Jazz but he would have soon realized that his audience, as a whole, weren't prepared to follow him.

PC LOAD LETTER:aNihilV10L8tr: Meh, they probably would sucked. Too many lefties in close proximity. That or open a vortex, some gate to hell. Nothing good can happen when you get that many lefties together.

I am guessing you are trolling, but just in case:

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Although i bet it was an honor for Jimi to share the same stage with the great Sha-na-na, I'm not sure how Woodstock relates to the fact that both Jimi and Paul are left-handed musicians.It could only be more unnatural if they were also red-headed.